{"id":2455,"date":"2017-04-25T17:46:30","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T08:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/art-exhibitions-nagoya-may-2017\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T11:35:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T02:35:18","slug":"art-exhibitions-nagoya-may-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/art-exhibitions-nagoya-may-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Exhibitions to See in Nagoya &#8211; May 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_32433\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32433\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Hiroshige-53-Stations-Hoeido-16-Kanbara-MFA-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32433\" src=\"http:\/\/japaninfoswap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/640px-Hiroshige-53-Stations-Hoeido-16-Kanbara-MFA-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"431\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Night Snow, by Utagawa Hirose<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While not usually considered a\u00a0cultural heartland of art, like Tokyo, there are actually plenty of great exhibitions to see in the city. Below is our pick of the bunch for this May.<\/p>\n<h2>Utagawa Hirose &#8211; Fifty-Three Stations\u00a0of the T\u00f4kaid\u00f4<\/h2>\n<p>For anyone who has done a bit of traveling around Japan, or is perhaps planning to do so, this is an absolute must see. Utagawa Hirose (1797\u00a0\u2013 1858) is considered to be the last great master of the ukiyo-e medium (wood block printing), and this is seen as being his finest work. The exhibition shows Utagawa&#8217;s impression of the 53 trading stations along the T\u00f4kaid\u00f4 road that connected the financial capital city of Edo (now Tokyo) with the spiritual capital of Kyoto, with the series becoming the best sold ever <i><a title=\"Ukiyo-e\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukiyo-e\">ukiyo-e<\/a><\/i> Japanese prints. Even were the the display not enchanting and beautiful in equal measures, it also give the modern viewer a chance to see some locations that they may have visited in a completely different light.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Where<\/strong>: Nagoya\/Boston Museum of Fine Arts (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.jp\/maps\/place\/Nagoya%2FBoston+Museum+of+Fine+Arts\/@35.142676,136.899988,15z\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x5a877fce5fa22c58?sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwi7gfHdpqrTAhXBm5QKHX8FB4sQ_BIIhgEwDw\">map<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>When<\/strong>: Until\u00a0<span style=\"color: #715550;\">May 14th (Sun), 2017<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Website<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nagoya-boston.or.jp\/english\/exhibition\/schedule\/utagawa-201703.html\">www.nagoya-boston.or.jp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Price<\/strong>: Adults 900 JPY; students 700 JPY; junior high school students and younger, free.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Hatsune Furnishings<\/h2>\n<p>A finer example of &#8216;how the other half lived&#8217; during the Edo Period you are unlikely to see.\u00a0Chiyohime, the eldest daughter of Iemitsu, the third Tokugawa shogun\u00a0was in 1639, at two years old, betrothed to Mitsutomo, the second lord of the Owari Tokugawa family. Not such an exciting event for an infant, you might imagine, but still she was given as a gift a remarkable trousseau that is here on display, and considered to be\u00a0the most luxurious example of its kind\u00a0in Japan. The\u00a0items range from large furnishings and palanquins down to the most delicate of cosmetics appliances, all of which are made of the finest\u00a0maki-e inlaid lacquer, the design of which is based on the\u00a0&#8220;Hatsune&#8221; (first warbler) chapter of The Tale of Genji. Seventy-five of the items are\u00a0designated as National Treasures and, with an alternative name of &#8220;Furnishings from Dawn to Dusk,&#8221; due to the fact that\u00a0one would never tire of looking at them, as far as matching luggage goes, they make Louis Vuitton look cheap imitation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Where<\/strong>: Tokugawa Art Museum \u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.jp\/maps\/place\/Tokugawa+Art+Museum\/@35.1838695,136.9332453,15z\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xb65df232c621fa0b?sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjp0eiwia3TAhWDUbwKHS3eAkEQ_BIIhQEwDg\">map<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>When<\/strong>:\u00a0May 31st (Sun), 2017<\/li>\n<li><strong>Website<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tokugawa-art-museum.jp\/english\/\">www.tokugawa-art-museum.jp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Price<\/strong>: Adults 1,200 JPY; seniors 1,000 JPY; students 700 JPY; children aged 7-14 500 JPY; younger, free.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Finnish Design 2017<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32497\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32497\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/charlot17\/5417741899\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32497\" src=\"http:\/\/japaninfoswap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Eero-Aarnio-Ball-Chair.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ball chair by Finnish designer Eero Aarnio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Moving away from Edo era Japan, but remaining with\u00a0furniture, The Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Finland&#8217;s independence with this showcase of contemporary product design. Whether Marimekko textiles or\u00a0Artek furniture, the Finns are renowned for\u00a0design of\u00a0stylish elegance with a playful edge that remains fresh and in vogue.\u00a0This exhibition, made up of approximately 700 works through a variety of furniture, tablewares, and textiles, provides a comprehensive introduction to Finnish design that demonstrates the harmony that rests between nature, people, and the spaces they share.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Where<\/strong>: Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.jp\/maps\/place\/Aichi+Prefectural+Museum+of+Art\/@35.170718,136.9113871,15z\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x8e18b202a542e84?sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiIosWcnq3TAhUFVLwKHfkMD3YQ_BIIeDAL\">map<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>When<\/strong>: Until\u00a0May 28, 2017<\/li>\n<li><strong>Website<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www-art.aac.pref.aichi.jp\/eng\/exhibition.html\">www-art.aac.pref.aichi.jp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Price<\/strong>: Adults 1,200 JPY; students 900 JPY; junior high school students and younger, free.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Development of Japanese Modern Photography in Manchuria<\/h2>\n<p>Imperial Japan&#8217;s excursions into Manchuria\u00a0following the end of the Russo-Japanese War were cemented by the Treaty of Portsmouth that\u00a0gave Japan control of the southern portion of the Chinese Eastern Railway as well as lucrative\u00a0mining rights in 1905. The following year Japan established the South Manchoukuo Railway Company and embarked upon an immense colonization program, and photographs of of the area\u00a0were used to publicize the land of China to the people of Japan. These photographs\u00a0began as simple\u00a0portrayals of Chinese tribes and their cultures, and developed into sophisticated symbols with the emergence of the Graphism era. This exhibition features rare vintage prints showing\u00a0how the photographic expression of Manchoukuo developed over a quarter of a century, paralleling the Japanese Modernism movement.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Where<\/strong>: Nagoya City Art Museum (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.jp\/maps\/place\/Nagoya+City+Art+Museum\/@35.163912,136.900938,15z\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xec36c2b6a1d9a8b7?sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjat7DVxr7TAhWBXbwKHVD4D4IQ_BIIgQEwDg\">map<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>When<\/strong>: Until June 25, 2017<\/li>\n<li><strong>Website<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.art-museum.city.nagoya.jp\/\">www.art-museum.city.nagoya.jp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Price<\/strong>: Adults 300 JPY; students 200 JPY; seniors 100 JPY; junior high school students and younger, free.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[spacer height=&#8221;20px&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Mark Guthrie<\/p>\n<p>Image by\u00a0Utagawa\u00a0(Own work) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Public_domain\">Public Domain<\/a>],\u00a0via <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Hiroshige-53-Stations-Hoeido-16-Kanbara-MFA-02.jpg\">wikipedia.com<\/a>\u00a0(modified)<\/p>\n<p>Image by\u00a0<a class=\"owner-name truncate\" title=\"Go to Charles Van den Broek's photostream\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/charlot17\/\">Charles Van den Broek<\/a> (Own work)[<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/2.0\/\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>],\u00a0via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/charlot17\/5417741899\/\">flickr.com<\/a>\u00a0(modified)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While not usually considered a\u00a0cultural heartland of art, like Tokyo, there are actually plenty of great exhib [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2456,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[83,200,100],"class_list":["post-2455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nagoya-2","tag-aichi-prefecture","tag-art","tag-nagoya-city"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50944,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455\/revisions\/50944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}